HdrHistogram / HdrHistogram/HdrHistogram_c
hdr_value_at_percentile says 95th percentile of empty histogram is 63
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Description
Steps to repro:
hdr_histogram* histogram;
hdr_init(100, 10 * 1000 * 1000, 3, &histogram);
std::cout << hdr_value_at_percentile(histogram, 95) << std::endl;
Is there a more intuitive value that could be returned here eg zero?
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Start at the hdr_value_at_percentile entry point and run the supplied empty-histogram reproduction to confirm the current result. Trace how an empty histogram is handled, then establish the expected empty-case value and verify that the reproduction reports that defined behavior.
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- Tech stack
- c
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- performance
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- Bug
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